Ok, so I have finally given in to the fact that I need to change my diet. This is going to be the hardest thing I have ever done. Not only am I tired all the time, (but getting better) but I can't cook. SO, now I am suppose to be able to go the grocery store and pick out fresh foods when I have no idea which foods look spoiled, and after that I have to figure out how to prepare them? WTH? Why can't the farmers market just put together boxes of fresh organic food that have all the ingredients I will need? At least then I won't spend an hour trying to find some root I need for a recipe, and finally give up and go home. (Can't remember what kind of root it was, but on the second trip to the store some nice old lady helped me find it. Of course I wouldn't have known it was there, since I thought it was some mold thing growing on the other veggies)
So, any suggestions on how to start eating healthy when you don't have much money and even less energy? Oh yeah, and you can't cook? Ok Ok, I know some of the best food for you should not be cooked, but if you can imagine my four year old son was the one to show me that the part of the pepper I threw in the trash was the part I was suppose to cut up and use. That should say enough right there about how hard this is going to be. Geeze! Maybe I should just let him throw dinner together, who wouldn't enjoy beets covered in tomatoes with grape seeds? :)
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Its Official!
Well, it may have taken some time, but I finally got a website up! www.anewdawncoalition.org
Now all I have to do is prepare for our first support group meeting next Wednesday (we are located in Meet-Ups if anyone from the Northern Illinois area wants to join us!) and start finding venues to attend.
Lots of stuff going on, just have to remember that I can't do anything for the first two hours after waking up :( and to make sure I don't over do it.
One of these days I will be back to normal, and things will be easier! Got to go for now, alarm is going off to take my thyroid meds and Vitamin D. Have to have reminders or I will definitely forget!
Take Care Everybody!
Now all I have to do is prepare for our first support group meeting next Wednesday (we are located in Meet-Ups if anyone from the Northern Illinois area wants to join us!) and start finding venues to attend.
Lots of stuff going on, just have to remember that I can't do anything for the first two hours after waking up :( and to make sure I don't over do it.
One of these days I will be back to normal, and things will be easier! Got to go for now, alarm is going off to take my thyroid meds and Vitamin D. Have to have reminders or I will definitely forget!
Take Care Everybody!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Time for Change!
Well, I can at least say I am not needing a nap every day. I have continued to drive the 60 miles out of town to a doctor that I have to pay out of pocket for (at $500.00 a visit!) but have finally convinced someone to raise my thyroid medication to 3 grains. As long as I take it three times a day, (1 grain each time) I am starting to feel better! Still a little cold, and I finally chopped off 6 inches of my hair because it is still falling out all over, but not as tired :) There was even one day when I felt normal! All my muscles felt alive and strong. Sounds strange, but I could feel them working at their full capacity, and felt so strong again!
SO, there is hope. It may be taking me years to get there, but damn it I will get there! The next step in the next couple of months is to start my own non-profit for the education of better Thyroid care. More to come on that as I get it started...
Have a great day!!
SO, there is hope. It may be taking me years to get there, but damn it I will get there! The next step in the next couple of months is to start my own non-profit for the education of better Thyroid care. More to come on that as I get it started...
Have a great day!!
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Funny story. . .
Ok, not pretty but I have to share. It is just too funny from they eyes of my son :)
A couple of weeks ago I had four days of very loose bowels, which lead to a Hemorrhoid. (I have Irritable Bowel, and even though I am hypothyroid, I am rarely constipated. I know you really want to hear all this, but it is life so whatever) No biggie, but then it became a thromboses hemorrhoid. OUCH!! Boy is that painful, had one during my pregnancy and thought I was going to die. Worse than labor in my opinion.
Anyway, they had to drain it, and removed a blot clot larger than a kidney bean. I have pictures if you want to see. . . (ha ha, I do have pictures because I like to see what I can not see on my own, but I will be nice and not share them :)
So, they drain it and that night I beg my husband to go fill the pain pill RX before I go insane. (really, it is excruciating pain). So I laid sideways on the couch all night, and things were better by morning.
This week, my husband and son are over at our warehouse, and while talking to the owner and his daughter, my lovely son of 4 years old, goes into detail with them all about how his mommy had to go to the doctor, and they cut my butt off. YEP! By this time they are all rolling on the floor, as he proceeds to tell them that he had to be extra nice to mommy, and give her kisses because it hurt when they cut off my butt. I wish they could! That would make jean shopping a lot more fun. . .
I have since explained that they only cut into my cheek ( better than explaining the "hole" to him. . .) and removed a blot clot. But I can only imagine what is going through his head, as he talks about the doctor making a cut and "going in". Wow, the mind of a child is amazing!
Just thought I would share, and I hope you find it as funny as I did.
A couple of weeks ago I had four days of very loose bowels, which lead to a Hemorrhoid. (I have Irritable Bowel, and even though I am hypothyroid, I am rarely constipated. I know you really want to hear all this, but it is life so whatever) No biggie, but then it became a thromboses hemorrhoid. OUCH!! Boy is that painful, had one during my pregnancy and thought I was going to die. Worse than labor in my opinion.
Anyway, they had to drain it, and removed a blot clot larger than a kidney bean. I have pictures if you want to see. . . (ha ha, I do have pictures because I like to see what I can not see on my own, but I will be nice and not share them :)
So, they drain it and that night I beg my husband to go fill the pain pill RX before I go insane. (really, it is excruciating pain). So I laid sideways on the couch all night, and things were better by morning.
This week, my husband and son are over at our warehouse, and while talking to the owner and his daughter, my lovely son of 4 years old, goes into detail with them all about how his mommy had to go to the doctor, and they cut my butt off. YEP! By this time they are all rolling on the floor, as he proceeds to tell them that he had to be extra nice to mommy, and give her kisses because it hurt when they cut off my butt. I wish they could! That would make jean shopping a lot more fun. . .
I have since explained that they only cut into my cheek ( better than explaining the "hole" to him. . .) and removed a blot clot. But I can only imagine what is going through his head, as he talks about the doctor making a cut and "going in". Wow, the mind of a child is amazing!
Just thought I would share, and I hope you find it as funny as I did.
Found nothing. . .
Well, no infectious diseases that they found. This just sucks. I know I am sick, I feel it every day! My right side lymph node is still swollen almost every morning, but goes back to normal after a couple of hours. I still have pain all over, but lately it has gotten a lot better. Unfortunately, I do not know why. I am also feeling stronger. Not from lifting weights or something, just I can actually feel my muscles starting to get back to a normal state of being able to do what I tell them to. Again, no idea why. I am hoping that it just took months for my new Thyroid medications to make a difference, as I no longer need naps in the afternoon (although I still find myself laying on the couch another couple of hours after I get up) and I am not really cold anymore. The one thing that is still bothering me is my hair falling out. You don't notice it on my head, but it is EVERYWHERE in our house, and I can barely keep up with the cleaning before there is more. My husband likes to say I am molting (sp), but not too funny when you end up making your small child pee in front of you just to get the long hair out of his wee wee because it somehow got sucked up in there. Yep, that is how bad it is. GROSS!!! More to come as I hopefully start feeling even better. . now if I could just keep my hair in my head. . .
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Still waiting. . .
Well, almost two weeks since blood work was done, so since they didn't call I guess I can assume they didn't find anything. Figures, they never do. If I could just tell them where to look we might be on to something. . .
Until I end up with my own Doctorate, I guess I have to rely on them to figure it out. Boy is that scary! We have all heard stories of loved ones or friend who were sick for ages before anyone figured out what it was, and by then it was too late. Like my own mother, treated for ulcers for almost 9 months before they realized it was liver cancer. Gotta love being herded through the doors like cattle, assuming that anything us silly little patients complain of is just that, silly. No need to continue to get upset at the way the system seems to miss everything. Life goes on (for some of us) so no more complaining.
Today will be the second day of possible food poisoning, or IBS flair up, who knows. Either way I almost want to cry heading back to the bathroom again! At least while in there, I am reading an interesting article on detoxing which I might try, if it could go better than the last two times I tried it.
The first time I tried a detox I bought $300.00 worth of green pills from a "healer", and was instructed to take only the supplements with one salad a day. Well, by day three when I was STILL throwing up anytime I took a pill I had to quit.
The second attempt was while juicing. I could stomach the juice, but amazingly, within an hour I was puking. Too this day I am afraid of beets, since they seemed to take over the taste of the juice.
I just don't think my body wants to be detoxed! It screams and kicks and fights, and frankly I feel better sitting on the couch digesting my food, than running back and forth to the bathroom! Supposedly, I will feel better when it is over, if I ever make it that far. We will see. I haven't finished the article yet, but I think I am on my way there now so I'll let you know if I end up starting it. gotta go!!!!!!!
Until I end up with my own Doctorate, I guess I have to rely on them to figure it out. Boy is that scary! We have all heard stories of loved ones or friend who were sick for ages before anyone figured out what it was, and by then it was too late. Like my own mother, treated for ulcers for almost 9 months before they realized it was liver cancer. Gotta love being herded through the doors like cattle, assuming that anything us silly little patients complain of is just that, silly. No need to continue to get upset at the way the system seems to miss everything. Life goes on (for some of us) so no more complaining.
Today will be the second day of possible food poisoning, or IBS flair up, who knows. Either way I almost want to cry heading back to the bathroom again! At least while in there, I am reading an interesting article on detoxing which I might try, if it could go better than the last two times I tried it.
The first time I tried a detox I bought $300.00 worth of green pills from a "healer", and was instructed to take only the supplements with one salad a day. Well, by day three when I was STILL throwing up anytime I took a pill I had to quit.
The second attempt was while juicing. I could stomach the juice, but amazingly, within an hour I was puking. Too this day I am afraid of beets, since they seemed to take over the taste of the juice.
I just don't think my body wants to be detoxed! It screams and kicks and fights, and frankly I feel better sitting on the couch digesting my food, than running back and forth to the bathroom! Supposedly, I will feel better when it is over, if I ever make it that far. We will see. I haven't finished the article yet, but I think I am on my way there now so I'll let you know if I end up starting it. gotta go!!!!!!!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Infectious Disease Doctor
Well, today I got to see the Infectious Disease doctor. She did a gallon of blood work, and we will see if anything is found. Still have the ear infection I have had since May of last year, and the whole body pain that keeps flaring up is really becoming a problem. Had to take two pain pills today just to function, and I can't keep doing this. I still have hope of someday soon finding out what is going on, so until then, I will keep my chin up.
Rather boring blog I must say, so maybe I will start adding all the little silly things that happen throughout my day. Like today, while attempting to bowl, one of my best friends made the remark of how I never make it to girls night out because I am always sick. Then she proceeded to argue with me that I am just a hypochondriac. Boy, if people could just look the way the feel!!!! Someday I will be able to prove it, and until then I look forward to the day she gets arthritis and I can tell her it is all in her head. :) Gotta look at the positive, right?
Rather boring blog I must say, so maybe I will start adding all the little silly things that happen throughout my day. Like today, while attempting to bowl, one of my best friends made the remark of how I never make it to girls night out because I am always sick. Then she proceeded to argue with me that I am just a hypochondriac. Boy, if people could just look the way the feel!!!! Someday I will be able to prove it, and until then I look forward to the day she gets arthritis and I can tell her it is all in her head. :) Gotta look at the positive, right?
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